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With 35 years of travel industry experience and in-depth explorations of over 60 countries, Amanda is the go-to travel planner for the savviest of high-end travellers. Her membership of The Conscious Travel Foundation and The Insider Collective, ensures Amanda stays connected to a global network of top destination specialists. By collaborating and innovating with this exclusive network of experts, Amanda creates the most upscale, bespoke trips for families and friends.
Making conscious travel choices matters
“As consumers we all have power in our pockets, and we wield that power every time we decide to spend.”
— Portia Heart, Blue Apple Beach House, Tierra Bomba Island, Colombia
Conscious travel, conscious living, is about trying to use our power for good wherever we can. In the case of travel, it means supporting hotels, lodges and villas, guides, tour operators, craftsman, wildlife warriors and those who are doing the right thing by their environment, their community and our planet.
Amanda passionately believes that well-planned travel has a positive impact.
Wanderlust (n): An irresistible desire to travel
The sights and sounds, the snake charmers, the sizzle and smells of the food stalls: feel the magic of mystical Marrakech. Spend a night cocooned in canvas on a tented safari in Africa: campfire camaraderie, night sounds, the golden light of dawn, the alarmingly large paw prints outside your tent! For romance on a regal scale, Rajasthan is extraordinary: desert forts, luxurious tented camps, fairy-tale palaces, exotic people, vibrant colours. Oman is a one thousand-year-old civilisation that holds tightly to its identity: tackle desert adventures, mountaintop luxury, exploring lush wadis and liveaboard dive boats. Italy’s highlights attract many tourists, so dig deeper to discover authenticity; cycle in Sicily, make mozzarella in Puglia, taste the Barolo of a Piemontesi famiglia and visit the last gondola maker in Veneto. The tear drop of Sri Lanka is a hotspot of bio-diversity and diversity: leopards and langurs, rainforests and mountaintop temples, the slow life of artisans, the scent of cinnamon, rural villages and more.
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
– Ibn Battuta
